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# Daily notes
> Capture thoughts and plans with automatically organized daily pages.
Daily notes in Craft give you a dedicated page for each day where you can capture thoughts, plan your day, track tasks, and organize meeting notes. Each daily note is organized by date.
## Accessing daily notes
Daily notes can be accessed through the Calendar view in the sidebar. Select a date to view or create the daily note for that day.
The date picker for navigating to a specific day is inside the Calendar view in the sidebar. Tap or click a date there to open that day's note. It is not a separate button; it's the calendar grid itself.
## Using templates with daily notes
You can use templates to give your daily notes a consistent structure, such as a daily routine, recurring sections, or a planning format. There are two ways to do this: set a default template that is applied to every new daily note, or insert a template into a single daily note manually.
### Set a default daily note template
On macOS, iPadOS, and iOS, you can pick one template that is applied to every new daily note.
Open **Settings**, then select **Templates** under **Space Settings**
Select the row under the **Daily Note Template** heading at the top of the page. It shows **None** until you pick a template
Pick a template from the list
You can also set it from the template list further down the page: click the **three-dot menu (⋯)** next to a template and select **Set as Daily Note Template**.
The template is applied at the moment a daily note is created. Daily notes that already exist are not changed.
The setting applies to the current space. If you use multiple spaces, set it in each one.
### Clear the default daily note template
Right-click the row under **Daily Note Template** (long-press on iPhone and iPad), then select **Clear Daily Note Template**. This option appears only when a template is set.
New daily notes are then created empty. The template itself stays in your template list.
### Insert a template manually
A daily note is a document, so you can insert a template into one the same way you would in any other document. Use this when a single day needs a structure, such as a trip plan or a workshop agenda, and you do not want every daily note to look that way.
Open the daily note for the date you want
Type `/template`, then select the template to insert
This is separate from the **Daily Note Template** setting. Inserting a template by hand affects only the note you are editing, and it does not change what future daily notes look like. You can also do both: keep a default template for every day, and insert another one on top when a particular day needs it.
Only the template's content blocks are inserted. Document-level settings such as cover images and backgrounds are not applied. See [Templates](/en/write-and-edit/templates#insert-a-template-into-an-existing-document) for details.
Common sections are Today's Goals, Notes, and Reflections.
## Organizing daily notes
Daily notes are automatically organized in chronological order. You can:
* **Navigate between days**: Use the calendar view to jump to any date
* **Add subpages**: Create event notes or meeting notes as subpages of your daily note
* **Link between days**: Reference previous or future daily notes using the `@` mention to link to other dates
On Mac, iPhone, and iPad you can also export your daily notes as Markdown files, either all of them or a selected date range. See [Export daily notes](/en/import-and-export/export/document#export-daily-notes) for the steps.
### Event notes as subpages
When you create event notes from your calendar integration, they are automatically added as subpages under the corresponding daily note.
## Daily notes in the Calendar view
In the Calendar view, daily notes appear alongside your tasks and events:
* **Tasks**: See all scheduled tasks for the day
* **Events**: View synced calendar events
* **Daily Note**: Access your daily note to capture thoughts and plans
## Best practices for daily notes
### Morning planning
Start your day by opening your daily note and:
* Review your scheduled tasks
* Check calendar events
* Write down key priorities
* Add any quick capture items from the night before
### Throughout the day
Use your daily note to:
* Capture meeting notes as subpages
* Add quick thoughts and ideas
* Update task status
* Document decisions and learnings
### Evening reflection
End your day by:
* Reviewing what you accomplished
* Moving incomplete tasks to future days
* Writing reflections or learnings
* Planning for tomorrow
## Related articles
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Connect Apple Calendar to view events in your daily notes
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